Various Donor & Membership Lists in Krakow
This database comprises several lists dealing with the Jews of Krakow. Although they
do not include vital information such as birth/death dates or names of family members,
they do, at least, provide a date at which the individual was known to be alive.
(Column titled 'Ref' is the entry number on the original document. Column titled 'Amt Donated'
is the amount - in Zloty - donated to the various funds).) The lists include:
Voter's List for Kupa Shul - 1905 This is a 1905 listing of those members of Krakow's Kupa Synagogue who were entitled to vote for the 'Shul Committee'.
(Data entered by J. Schamroth. Source material: Sprinzak Library, Jerusalem)
Isaac Shul Members - 1939 This is a list of male members of the Izaaka (or Isaac) Synagogue in Krakow for the year 1939.
(Data entered by J. Schamroth. Source material: Sprinzak Library, Jerusalem)
Wysoka Shul Members - 1887 This is a list of male member of the Wysoka (or High) Synagogue in Krakow for the year 1887. The Synagogue was so-named because it was located on the first floor, rather than on street-level.
(Data entered by J. Schamroth. Source material: Sprinzak Library, Jerusalem)
'Kupa Zeduku' Donations - 1888/9 This list contains the names of donors and the amount donated (in Zloty) to the Kupa Zeduku fund of Krakow. At present, it is not known what this fund was used for. This list covers the period 30 May 1888 to 30 May 1889.
(Data entered by J. Schamroth. Source material: Sprinzak Library, Jerusalem)
Krakow 1891 Donations This table comes from an 1891 listing of donations made for the poor of Krakow, and collected by Hinde Tilles. The collector of such funds was often the Chief Rabbi's wife, or the wife of an eminent community member. The abbreviated column headings reflect the following: Zl. = amount donated in Zlotys, Ref = original order of the data.
(Data entered by Judie Goldstein. Source material: Sprinzak Archives in Jerusalem.)
Krakow 1892 Donations This table comes from an 1892 listing of donations made for the poor of Krakow. The collector of such funds was often the Chief Rabbi's wife, or the wife of an eminent community member. The list includes names that have been crossed out on the original document.
(Data entered by Julian Schamroth. Source material: Sprinzak Archives in Jerusalem.)
Krakow 1892 Donors - Part II This data is taken from a document dated 6 November 1892. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to decipher the 5 lines of writing at the beginning of the document, and the nature of these donations must consequently still be determined. Also, due to the nature of the writing, it is possible that some names have been incorrectly transcribed.
(Data entered by J Schamroth. Source: Sprinzak Library, Jerusalem)
Krakow Donors - 1897 This table was compiled from two lists showing the names of those who made donations to the 'Poor Israelites in Palestine'. The original documents are dated 21 May 1897. The table comprises the names of 457 Jews known to be alive in Krakow at that time.
(Source: Microfilm from Sprinzak Library, Jerusalem)
'Bet Lechem' Donors - 1924 This list contains the names of donors to the 'Bet Lechem'
fund, as well as the amounts donated during the period 1 Feb 1924 to 31 Dec 1924.
This chaluka fund was established to assist Jews in Palestine, especially those in
Jerusalem without any source of income who were studying Torah. The Bet Lechem fund's motto
was: Remember your hungry brothers and consider them as your eternal friends!
The original document comprised 2 separate lists: 1) donations over 2 zloty, 2) donations over
5 zloty that arrived after audit of the fund.
(Data entered by Julian Schamroth. Source material: Sprinzak Archives, Jerusalem)
'Bet Lechem' Donors - 1928 to 1931 The list below contains the names of donors to
the 'Bet Lechem' fund, as well as the amounts donated during the period 1 Jan 1928 to 31
Mar 1931. This 'chaluka' fund was established to assist Jews in Palestine, especially those
in Jerusalem without any source of income who were studying Torah. The Bet Lechem fund's
motto was: Remember your hungry brothers and consider them as your eternal friends!
The original document comprised 4 separate lists:
1) general donations
2) special occasions and anniversaries
3) general street collections
4) collection of pledges
The column headed 'Ref' indicates on which of these 4 lists the donor's name appears.
(Data entered by Julian Schamroth. Source material: Sprinzak Archives, Jerusalem)
